+ Be grateful for every word you can cut. Feraz Zeid, June 23, 2023December 12, 2023, William Zinsser, Grateful, Writing, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Editors are licensed to be curious. Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 24, 2023, William Zinsser, Curious, Editors, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Motivation clears the head faster than a nasal spray. Feraz Zeid, September 23, 2023December 24, 2023, William Zinsser, Faster, Motivation, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Clutter is the disease of American writing. Feraz Zeid, October 28, 2023December 26, 2023, William Zinsser, Disease, Writing, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ If a good word already exists, there is no need to invent something painful. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Invention, Pain, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Even a poor translator couldn’t kill a style that moves with such narrative clarity. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Style, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Good writing is lean and confident. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 24, 2023, William Zinsser, Writing, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
+ Nobody ever stopped reading E. B. White or V. S. Pritchett because the writing was too good. Feraz Zeid, December 14, 2023January 10, 2024, William Zinsser, Literature, Quality, Writing, 0 - William Zinsser Writer
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
The real function of art is to change mental patterns … making new thought possible. - Jean Dubuffet Artist · France